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Williams to lead Olympic broadcast team in 2012

TORONTO – Veteran sports and Olympic host Brian Williams will head up coverage of the 2012 Summer Games in London, Canada’s Olympic broadcast media consortium said Tuesday.In addition to Williams, RDS’ Chantal Machabée, V’s Jean Pagé, TSN’s Darren Dutchyshen, and Rogers Sportsnet’s Brad Fay will host the prime time slots on their respective channels. They’ll be complemented by former Canadian Olympic greats such as Catriona Le May Doan, Nathalie Lambert, Marnie McBean, Kyle Shewfelt, and Alexandre Bilodeau.Williams, who will be covering his 14th Olympic Games, will anchor the prime-time coverage on CTV. Dave Randorf and Le May Doan will be...